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economy 7 or not????
hey there I am confused and hope someone has some advice. The flat I am currently renting doesn't have economy 7 but the electricity company put me on an economy 7 rate cause that's the meter I have (apparently, according to their records). Recently there was a landlords electrical test and the guys who did it said we have…
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Gas, heating and electric inspections?
Hi there, We are FTB's and had a survey done on a 3 bed mid terrace house we wish to purchase. The surveyor recommended we check that there are recent test certificates for Gas, Heating, Water and Electrics or if none were available to get them all inspected before proceeding with the purchase. My question is, is it…
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British Gas fixed rate tarrif 2012
I'm a customer of British Gas and signed up to the fixed rate tarrif until 2012. I have paid £23 per month electricity and £38 per month for Gas. I received a bill from them today informing me of a direct debit increase. My Electricity is rising £32 and Gas £42. I was told by British Gas that it's a fixed tarrif not Direct…
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new flat- electric only
Will be moving into a new flat soon and it is electric only. but how can i do a compare and switch etc when im currently not with anyone? will be looking at things like money supermarket and quidco but if i dont currently pay anything as im staying at my sisters then how does it work?
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NPower - tasked with checking people aren't paying too much?
We've just had a sharp suited man on the doorstep giving free "advice". Turns out that NPower are checking that people in the area are on the correct tariff after all the price cuts. Now, DH and I are relatively intelligent people :D but are NPower really doing this? He claimed that he wasn't selling anything and he got…
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Average kWh per day - 1 bed flat
Hay All! We have just received our electricity bill and it is over £500 for 6 months! (Not estimated!) This averages about 50 kWh per day (around £3 a day) Now I dont know what the norm is but this seems to be extraordinarily high!!! Two of us are living in a normal 1 bed flat. We dont have a dishwasher or tumble dryer,…
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Gas Meter Change Broke My Boiler
On Friday I had my gas meter changed at the request of Npower. Alongside I have had a regulator installed where there was not one before. We returned on Saturday to run the hot water for the first time and found that after 15 seconds the boiler makes a rumbling sound as if the gas is not lighting properly and the water…
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Electric Bills
Does anyone have any idea how much I should expect to be paying on an all electric 2 bed flat with regards to my electric bill. Have just moved in but awaiting bill! Dreading the bill if I'm honest :(
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EDF wants to increase bills to 4x what i'm paying now
Hi there, new on the forums so maybe this has been mentioned before. My husband and I live in a 1 bedroom flat with gas central heating, the cooker is electric but the hobs work on gas. Our supplier is EDF and we used to pay £ 24 a month by direct debit. I have received a letter from EDF on Friday, saying that, given our…
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I need help reading electric meter (i've included pictures)
Hey all, I am so clueless when it comes to reading the electric meter, I so wish it was a digital one. I took a photo of the meter when I first moved in which is here (moved in April 2009 on good friday) Now i always get confused with how to read it some websites say if its passed a number then right down the lower number,…
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At Cost Energy Trial
Anyone else get an email through about this? Apparantly first come first served basis. Do we actually think they will manage to get a real service to market? Are they likely to be much cheaper with the current wholesale prices? Update by Martin Please read the At Cost Energy interview for an update
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am i out of touch is is this ALOT?
Gas bill 7064.91 kwh used over 96 days first 705.00 kwh x 6.621p next 6359.91 kwh x 3.050p £240.66 exc VAT Two bedroom end terrace - open plan. 10 year old boiler. room thermostat fit half way through this quarter. Winter bill was £260 and we'd tried to be more sparing with the heating this time - but seemingly to no…
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Magistrates warrant - nPower
Before I start, I am totally in the wrong here, and have already beaten myself up about it. I'm really looking for constructive help! I have both Gas and Electricity with nPower. I haven't paid them. I now owe over £1K on each. Last week I received a letter from them saying they were applying to the Magistrate for a…
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nPower bill - wrong landlord.
Hello all, I live in a shared student house and we have been receiving bills from nPower for an unpaid amount but they are addressed to an unknown landlord (not ours!). In a nutshell all our bills are included (internet, gas, electricity etc.) and our landlord agency is supposed to pay them. However the bills are addressed…
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Good Advice Sites for having gas or electrical works done
Hi People, I am looking for sites where I can ask questions about the best and cheapest options for having a new hot water only boiler put in. Our system is antiquated, and we have been told would not be installed now! We are currently Gas water heater with a pilot light.. not even got electrical suppy to it. It seems we…
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Install a gas heating system
Hi Hope somebody can help. Me and my girlfriend are looking to purchase our first house. We have come across a nice property with one draw back - it currently has night storage heating. What we would ideally like to do is have that removed, and a gas central heating system installed. This by the looks of other posts, would…
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NPower Sign Online 18
Hi guys. Just looked in to moving provider to try and save a little money. Previously was with ebico, and after working out my current average yearly consumption, have found that npower will be cheapest on the above plan... We received the paperwork stating all of the estimates and how they calculate the bill etc. Anyway,…
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Switching supplier when in debt (prepayment meter)
Just to let people know. Have been just switched suppliers with a debt of £105 on my gas meter. Took about 10 phone calls and a lot of frustration. Apparently neither my old supplier (E.on) and my new one (Ebico/SSE) are aware of the change in OFGEM's regulations regarding switching whilst owing a debt. Threshold doubled…
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no electricity bill ever- advice needed
Hi, the situation is- i moved into a new build rented flat five years ago. When I moved in the guy moving out said, 'btw, there are no electricity bills for this flat.' 'ok,' i thought. I checked this out with the gas supplier (EDF) and they confirmed that there was no account for the flat and set me up on a tariff for…
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Gas & Electric - Do I Have A Problem???
Hi all I have a question here, we have recently moved house from a 3 bedroom dorma bungalow to a much smaller 2 bedroom bungalow, the council tax band is lower etc and we should technically not be using much gas and electric here. Before we moved our final G&E bill with E-On was £816, that one was a shock but not…